Last updated: March 25, 2008

Useful File Utilities

   2. How to replace text in files.

Current tutorial shows how to replace text string in several files.

Sometimes we need to make an updates in several documents or in project files. For example each html document have the "last updated" date and our task is change this date to a new in all files. So we launch Useful File Utilities and perform the following steps:

1) Firstly, we need to open the directory where files we want to update have places.

2) Then we need to select them. That's can be done by using right button of the mouse or pressing direction buttons and SPACE. The selected files will be printed in red color.

3) On the current step we need to choose "Replacer" mode by pressing to the "Replacer" button on the top of the program.

4) "Replacer" utility allows us to find string which contain old date and replace it to the string with new date. For performing such task we need to select "Replace with" option. Then type old date "Last updated: May 16, 2005" in the "Find text below" field and type a new date "Last updated: May 30, 2005" in the "Replace/Insert text below" field.

5) "Start Replace" button will be in green after steps above and that's a signal that operation can be performed. So we just press to the "Start Replace" button.

6) An opened "Find and Replace string" window shows us the result of the operation. "Operation completed!" message gives us a signal that replacement has been finished. So we will be able to close the "Find and Replace string" window.

That's all.